The movie ''borrows liberally from George Lucas's American Graffiti (1973)'' according to Paul Brenner at 'Allmovie'.
The decade and the year the movie was set was the 1950s and the year 1957. The film debuted about three years after the related genre piece Slumber Party '57 (1976).
The name of the famous movie star who Ted 'T. J.' Swackhammer (Brian Kerwin) resembled was James Dean.
The make and mode of the car that Ted 'T. J.' Swackhammer (Brian Kerwin) street raced was a 1932 Ford hot rod.